Sap-pail.



Patented Nov. 6. I900.

A. A. LOW.

SAP PAIL.

(Application filed Jan, 13, 1900.,

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ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAP-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 661,221, datedNovember 6, 1900. Application filed January 13,1900. Serial No. 1,264.(No model.)

To a w/w'm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of NewYork,borough of Brooklyn,cou nty of Kings,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Sap-Pails, of which the following is a specification sufficient toenable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertains tomake and use the same.

My present invention relates to sap-pails for the collection ofmaple-sap, 850.; and it consists, essentially, in the specialconstruction and arrangement of the cover in combination with a sap-pailhaving an inclined rim. The object is to afford a cover that Will notonly exclude all extraneous matter from the interior of the pail, butwill also shed such matter as fast as deposited thereon, and also toafford a convenient means of discharging the whole or a portion of thecontents of the pail through the cover while in place.

Incidentally the invention includes the employment of anautomatically-swinging protector for the mouth of the discharge-spoutupon the cover.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a central vertical section ofmy improved sappail and cover. Fig. 2 is a plan of the under side of thecover. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the pail and cover; Fig. 4, a verticalsection taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewshowing a modification in the form of spout.

The pail A is formed with the inclined rim a and with a slot a at itsupper extremity below said rim 0. It is also formed, preferably, with aseries of perforations p for the purpose of ventilating the pail andaiding in the discharge of its contents, although this feature forms nopart of my present invention, since it is described and claimed in myconcurrent application filed herewith.

h is the perforation by means of which the pail is suspended upon thesap-spout. The

cover 0 consists of a flat plate of metal or other substance formed withthe internal annular flange c and with the discharge spout S, which isadapted to project through the slot (1 in the body of the pail, andthereby lock the cover in position by reason of its engagement with therim to. The outer end of the spout S is provided with a hinged cover 3,which opens automatically when the pail is tilted to discharge itscontents and closes automatically when the pail is again restored to itsnormal position.

The rim 0 at the lower end of the cover is formed with a boss orprotuberance c, which engages with a hole or depression a formed in thebody of the pail just below the rim a, thereby acting in conjunctionwith the spout Sto retain the cover in position and prevent anylooseness or play thereof. The Weight of the cover being thrown towardthe lower end naturally tends to force the projection 0 into the hole orrecess 01, By this special con struction and arrangement of parts Iattain great simplicity and cheapness, While facilitating the engagementof the parts and the discharge of the sap.

In my concurrent application, Serial No. 1,265, I describe and claim asap-pail having an inclined rim, said pail also being formed withperforations p and having a cover 0, in.- terlocking with said rim, asin the present case, and I do not seek to cover such structure herein.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of a sap-pail A, formed with the inclined rim a, andslot at, with the flat cover 0, formed with the flange 0, underneath,having the spout S, adapted to project through the slot a, in the bodyof the pail, for the purpose set forth.

ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW.

Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, GEO. WM. MIATT.

